Colorado History Research resources: Doing History, Keeping the Past Biographies of Notable People Colorado Department Mesa Verde Park Colorado Facts on InfoPlease Colorado Symbols: State symbols USA Jeffco Library databases RESENDIZ WALL Learn keyword search--how to work Google, finding reliable, credible information-website evaluation One lesson on Discovery Streaming-own account Identifying difference between Primary and Secondary sources: http://www.myteacherpages.com/webpages/TTravis/social_studies_class.cfm?subpage=788062 Students need practice in reading and reviewing a webpage. Remind them to take a few minutes before they begin active reading to check out the page. Prereading activities can also be useful for reading electronic text. Consider having students use the title, subtitles, and divisions within the text to predict content. Look at pictures, maps, diagrams, or graphs and their captions to enhance understanding. Skim to find the theme or main idea. Review scrolling and following hyperlinks, and demonstrate how to toggle between more than one open browser window. This will be very helpful when students are moving back and forth between the window containing their resources and the Notetaker window. 2011: Erosion & Weathering Final presentations Medintz Resendiz Ring Ullal 2010: Medintz's Literacy Class U.S. Presidents
Doing History, Keeping the Past
Biographies of Notable People
Colorado Department
Mesa Verde Park
Colorado Facts on InfoPlease
Colorado Symbols:
State symbols USA
Jeffco Library databases
RESENDIZ WALL
Learn keyword search--how to work Google, finding reliable, credible information-website evaluation
One lesson on Discovery Streaming-own account
Identifying difference between Primary and Secondary sources:
http://www.myteacherpages.com/webpages/TTravis/social_studies_class.cfm?subpage=788062
Students need practice in reading and reviewing a webpage. Remind
them to take a few minutes before they begin active reading to check out the page. Prereading
activities can also be useful for reading electronic text. Consider having students use
the title, subtitles, and divisions within the text to predict content. Look at pictures, maps,
diagrams, or graphs and their captions to enhance understanding. Skim to find the theme or
main idea. Review scrolling and following hyperlinks, and demonstrate how to toggle
between more than one open browser window. This will be very helpful when students are
moving back and forth between the window containing their resources and the Notetaker
window.
2011:
Erosion & Weathering Final presentations
Medintz
Resendiz
Ring
Ullal
2010:
Medintz's Literacy Class
U.S. Presidents
Kitchen Chaos
Erosion/Weathering Final presentations
Leger/Ring
Medintz
Resendiz
Ullal
Resendiz Ecosystem Powerpoints